The ring of children
Hands joined underwater.
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The Underwater Sculpture Park is a collection of concrete statues on the sea floor in Molinere Bay, on Grenada's west coast. It was the world's first underwater sculpture park, opened in 2006, and divers, snorkellers and glass-bottom boat passengers visit it. The British sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor made it, casting the figures from local people. He wanted to bring people closer to the sea around them and to take pressure off the natural reefs. It holds over 65 statues across more than 800 square metres, and a local artist added new works in 2010. Over the years coral and sponges have grown over the figures. The best-known works are a ring of children holding hands and facing into the current, a man writing at a desk, and a cyclist. The statues stand at depths of up to 12 m, so some can be seen from the surface with a snorkel and others only by divers. The park is 3.6 km north of St George's and can be reached only by boat, from St George's or Grand Anse. A fee is paid with the tour and varies by operator. Do not touch the statues or the coral.
Hands joined underwater.
A statue on the sea floor.
Life growing on the statues.
Molinere Bay, west coast of Grenada, north of St George's
No, some statues can be seen by snorkel or glass-bottom boat.
By boat only, from St George's or Grand Anse.